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Depends on how you define "capable":
- Has a device design known to work: 1949
- Has deliverable weapons: 1949 (test device was in deliverable casing)
- Has large enough stockpile to be a threat: maybe late 1951 to middle 1952 (hard to estimate as stockpile figures are classified, this is my best guess)
The US itself did not seem to have a large enough stockpile until 1948, around the time of Operation Sandstone.
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When did the US and USSR become nuclear powers?
US: 1945. USSR: 1949
What is the Red Bomb?
The red bomb refers to the USSR nuclear bomb and the treat to the free world by the USSR using nuclear war in its aggressive expansion
What big events happened with nuclear weapons in 1949?
first USSR nuclear test
What was the first nuclear power plant?
The USSR's Obninsk Nuclear Plant which opened in 1954.
Which nation tested a nuclear weapon after the US?
USSR
Who would USSR use nuclear weapons on?
nobody
Is Turkey nuclear weapon capable?
no
What did the Cuban Missile Crisis have to do with the nuclear war?
USSR was placing IRBMs with nuclear warheads in Cuba.
What nuclear tests did the USSR do in space?
None.The USSR or any other country to present date has not officially said that they have.
Which is world's first nuclear missile?
The USSR's R-7.
Does Lithuania possess any Nuclear Warheads?
As far as we know, no. The USSR did not maintain nuclear weapons in Lithuania.
What is a nuclear capable aircraft?
That is an aircraft designed to transport nuclear bomb safely to the area to be dropped. The first nuclear capable aircraft used in history was a B29 bomber named Enola Gay which was modified to carry the nuclear artifact.
